Like all good soap operas, it’s good to keep a political story bubbling this close to an election. That’s what Judith Collins has done since raising the likelihood of a wealth tax if a Labour-Green government is elected, at the week-end. Jacinda ruled it out on Hosking on
Scams are a regular occurrence in NZ media, obviously not absolutely everyone, but mainstream media can no longer be regarded as newsworthy simply because they don’t bother fact checking. Media assume we believe their lies: that global warming is to blame for worldwide extreme floods and fires; that Donald
Wealth tax, Labour-Greens coalition negotiations Tim Watkin (Pundit): What Else Apart From A Wealth Tax? The Shape Of A Labour-Greens Coalition Audrey Young (Herald): It takes two to tango in talks says Green Party’s James Shaw over Ardern’s wealth tax comments Scott Palmer (Newshub): Chlöe Swarbrick says Labour
Dear Editor Stuff has sunk even deeper into their political advocacy by publishing a 50-minute “documentary” and associated text article defamation piece against Billy Te Kahika (co-leader of the Advance party). They have been obviously a politically biased outlet for years, but this is the lowest I have ever seen
Yesterday we had more plain-speaking from Judith Collins, who put the so-called obesity epidemic down to a lack of personal responsibility. National leader Judith Collins says Kiwis shouldn’t blame the “system” for obesity, because it is “generally” a weakness that people need to take personal responsibility for. On the
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Hobson’s Pledge Trust A $100 million grant for marae from the Provincial Growth Fund announced by the MP struggling to return to Parliament is a stunning display of race-based pork-barrelling by a party that normally courts the one-law-for-all vote. New Zealand First MP Shane Jones made the announcement on
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Dear Editor When the Director of Health recommended that the Government go to Level 2 for 4 weeks, Ardern ignored his recommendation and went to Level 4. That is turning out to be a disastrous decision. So much for her assertion that she followed the science. That’s a straight
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Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com Dr Graham Sharpe, former President of the New Zealand Anaesthetics Association, is a long time mate and a man of libertarian views. He’s forwarded me his recently published contribution to the debate which I’ve reproduced below. Dr Graham Sharpe ONZM FANZCA is a
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Eliora “Despite a deadly plague, people writhe around her, not caring that they may die, because just a second in her presence will be worth the silent midnight of the Reapers embrace.” Martyn Bradbury The Daily Blog 10 October 20. The above quote from Martyn Bradbury is cringeworthy. Writhing for
What on earth is Jacinda I, the “Queen of the Pestilence” going to do now that WHO has come out and said that countries should not be using lockdowns as their primary control method? The UK’s envoy to the World Health Organisation (W.H.O.) has condemned mass coronavirus
Election Graeme Edgeler (Democracy Project): How to vote, and how to think about voting John Armstrong (1News): Pressure on Collins to lift National votes, even in defeat Jehan Cassinader (BusinessDesk): Dull old-school election campaign in the online era (paywalled) 1News: Ardern, Collins vying for votes in tight seats of ?h?
